Is Davenport, WA tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Davenport has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Washington’s records.
Davenport Water Division, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Washington’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Davenport’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Davenport Water Division
Washington · serves 1,750 people · under 100 in Davenport
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Deer Meadows Water Company Inc
Washington · serves 268 people · under 100 in Davenport
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 8.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Davenport
The 3 labs Washington certifies closest to Davenport, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Lincoln County Environmental Health Lab
Davenport, WA · under a mile
Certified for bacteria
Anatek Labs, Inc - Spokane
Spokane, WA · about 39 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Tshimakain Creek Laboratories
Spokane Valley, WA · about 42 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Davenport
Which ZIP codes are in Davenport: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Washington State Department of Ecology, Lab Accreditation Program, environmental laboratories accredited for drinking water analyses; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
What to do next
- Read Davenport Water Division’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water